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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. DE NEUT, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THERICHMOND & SEYMOUR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,262, dated Augustl, 1891. Application filed March 12, 1891. Serial No. 384,798- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. DE NEUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLavatories, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel dressing-case oranalogous article of furniture; and it consists in the features ofconstruction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of my invention having the drawerwithdrawn from the case, showing the position of the watertank,wash-basin, and toilet-receptacle, also showing the position of thewaste-water tank' within the case. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewof the same onlineocw of Fig. 1, the same being a line drawn through thecenter of the wash-basin and designed to show the position of thewash-basin with reference to the wastewater tank when the draweriswithdrawn from the case; and Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal sectionalview of the drawer containing the washbasin and water-tank raised intoposition to discharge the water into the wash-basin.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

1 represents the water-tank, which I prefer to construct rectangular inshape and to place the same in the drawer at one side of the wash-basin,the same being properly hinged at a so as to be turned up into anupright position, as shown in Fig. 3, or to be dropped back intoposition within the drawer, as shown in Fig. 1. If desired, a spring maybe used to facilitate the raising of the tank in order to counterbalancethe weight of the water.

2 represents the wash-basin, provided with a suitable discharge at thebottom, whereby the water is discharged from the wash-basin into thetank 5 by means of a flexible pipe 3, which pipe 3 is so connected as todischarge the water from the basin 2 into the tank 5 when the drawer iswithdrawn, and also to discharge the drip from the basin into the tankwhen the drawer is shoved within the case.

7 represents a tube or faucet for discharging the water from the tank 1into the basin 5. When not in use for discharging the water, this faucetis turned out of the way, so as to lie in close contact with thetank, asshown in Fig. 1.

WVhen my invention is used in connection with a dresser-case, 6represents the mirrorframe, and 9 the splasher, which splasher issuitably connected to the drawer, so that when the drawer is withdrawnfrom the case the splasher is raised into the position shownin Fig. 2.When the splasher is lowered so as to cover the basin, and, in fact, theentire top of the drawer which contains the basin, and the drawer isdrawn out into the position shown in Fig. 2, it forms a convenientwriting-desk or table. V

4 represents the drawer which contains the basin, tank, &c.

10 represents the top of the dressing-case.

WVithin the drawer4= compartments may be provided, as 12, 13, and 15,&c., for the purpose of receiving toilet-soap or other articles which itmay be desired to store within the drawer. Other compartments may beprovided, if desired, and all of the compartments, as well as the basinand tank, are carried by the drawer, and are uncovered or disclosed bywithdrawing thedrawer from the case and again concealed by shoving thedrawer into the case.

In front of the compartment containing the water-tank is a door 14,which swings upon hinges in the ordinary manner.

17 17, &c., represent drawers'used for any suitable purpose.

In using my invention as a lavatory the drawer 4 is withdrawn from thecase, thereby disclosing the wash-basin, water-tank, &c. The splasher isthen raised into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the tank 1 is tiltedinto the position shown in Fig. 3 until a sufficient quantity of waterhas been conveyed to the wash-basin. The tank is then lowered into theposition shown in Fig. 1, and after using the water is dischargedthrough the pipe 3 into the waste-water tank 5, and the drawer is againshoved into its position within the case. I have more particularlydescribeda dressmg-case in connection with a lavatory; but it will beevident that any other suitable piece of furniture may be used, and I donot wish to limit my invention to the parts specifically described as adressing-case.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a case, of a sliding drawer containing awash-basin, a water-tank hinged to a part of the drawer, slidingtherewith into and out of the case, and adapted to

